Permutation-pad lock



Nrrnn STATES vJONATHAN E. .IOLLIFR OF CATAVBA, TEST VIRGINIA.

PERM UTATlON-PADLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,095, dated March14, 1899.

Application filed September 29, 1898. Serial No. 692,196. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN E. JOLLIFF, a citizen of the United States,residing at Catawba, in the county of Marion and State of West Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Padlocks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combination-padlocks; and theobject is to provide a simple, convenient, strong, and durable lock ofthis character.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularlypointed out in the claim at the end of thisspecification.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts of the inventionin t-he accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved combination-padlock withthe hasp closed. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the hasp open. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a transverse section. Fig. 5 is adetail perspective View of one of the tumbler-collars.

1 denotes the lock case or frame, formed with the integral parallel jaws2 and 3, the jaw 2 being bifurcated to receive the pivoted end o f thehasp 4, while the jaw 3 is formed with a pocket 5 to receive the freeend of the hasp.

6 denotes a cylindrical shaft or bolt journaled in the jaw 2, and itsinner end terminates in athumb-key or handle 7, by means of which it ismanipulated. The shaft 6 also has a limited longitudinal movement,itsouter end extending through an alined orifice 8 in the jaw 3 and acorresponding oriiice 9 in the free end of the hasp.

10 10 denote a series of collars loosely mounted on the shaft 6, and asall of these collars are similar in construction the description of onewill answer for the rest. As seen in Fig. 5, each collar is formed withan axial orifice 12 to receive the shaft 6 and with a radialcommunicating slot 13 to permit the passage of the pins 14 on the shaft.Each collar is also formed with a concentric recess 15, in which one ofthe pins revolves when the shaft is projected forward to lock the hasp.As shown, these collars are hexagonal; but of course they may be of anypolygonal or cylindrical form, and their peripheries are provided withthe usual characters employed in this class of locks.

The orifice 16 in the jaw 2, through which the shaft 6 passes,communicates with a radial slot 17 to permit the passage of the pins 14in withdrawing the shaft, and 18 denotes a set-screw in the jaw, withits inner end extending into the slot 17 and in the path of the near pin14 to act as a limit-stop for the shaft and prevent it being withdrawntoo far when the hasp is released. By removing this set-screw theshaft-bolt 6 may be entirely removed, so as to rearrange the order ofthe tumbler-collars, and thus change the combination of the lock.

19 represents an index-mark on the thumbkey 7, and 2O a correspondingmark on the jaw 2. The mark 19 is alined with the pins 14 on theshaft-bolt 6, and the mark 2O is alined with the slot 17 in thel jaw, sothat to open the lock it is only necessary to turn the handle until themark 19 is in line with the mark 2O on the jaw and then turn thetumbler-collars 10 so that all of their slots 13 are alined with thepins 14. The bolt may now be withdrawn to release the hasp.

-The lock is supported in the left hand by grasping the thumb-key 7, andthe indexmark 19 is alined with the corresponding mark 2O on the lock,and the tumblers are then brought to their proper alinement, as shown inFig. 2, by the fingers of the right hand.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

In combination, the body portion 1 formed with the integral jaw 2,provided with the longitudinal bolt-orifice 16, slot 17 and indexmark20, and the integral parallel jaw 3, formed with the hasp-pocket 5 andthe boltorifice 8, the hasp 4pivoted to the jaw 2, and having its freeend formed with the bolt-re- IOO taining orifice 9, the rotatable boit 6having In testimony whereof I have hereunto set its exposed end providedwith the indexmy hand in presence of tivo subscribing Witmark 19, thelateral pins 14 fixed in the boit, messes.

and the tumblers formed with the orifice 12 JONATHAN E. JOLLIFF. andslot 13 and ioosely mounted on the boit XVitnesses: between said jaws 2and 3, substantially as VALERIE CARTER,

and for the purpose set forth. JENNIE SWAGER.

